Amarillo Aims 100 Percent Victory Bond Pledges
Plans for a house to house drive to secure full pledge signing in Amarillo are set. The American Legion Auxiliary leads the effort with volunteers ensuring every home is covered. The triplicate pledge form routes originals to Washington and copies to Austin, with pledges kept confidential.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Fred DeCoster
Amatillo
Retary
Treasury
Morgenthau Yently
United States Treasury Department
Washington
Austin
Government seeks pledge drive leaders for war effort
Mrs. DeCoster will announce team captains and workers who will contact divisions of the city. The Pledge Day this week aims to mirror the successful Buy a Bomber campaign and is named to back the Axis victory effort with a strong fundraising push. Sign a Pledge for a Victory Wedge.
Six Star Mother to Head Amarillo Army Day Parade
Mrs. George M. Baker of Friona is the nation's second Six Star Emblem honoree invited as guest of honor for Amarillo Army Day on April 6. The Panhandle plan a grand parade sponsored by the American Legion with Gov. Coke Stevenson present and Col. E A. Simpson as grand marshal. The Will Rogers Range Riders will run a horse division and organizers seek 2,000 horses and wide participation from bands, floats, and clubs across West Texas.
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George M. Baker
Friona
Amarillo
Panhandle
Baker
Mason King
Amarillo Globe News
Legion
Coke Stevenson
Roosevelt
America
Hanson Post
American Legion
Col
E A. Simpson
Colonel Simpson
John Boyce
G. Ray Smith
George Hammock
John Lynch
Charles Hoppin
John McCarty
Capt
A. Petersen
West Texas
Globe News
Four Freedoms Emphasized by Dr. Dykstra at USC
Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra, president of the University of Wisconsin, urged a concerted offensive by believers in the four freedoms freedom of worship and speech and freedom from want and fear to win the war and secure peace. He spoke at Los Angeles during University of California charter week ceremonies and warned against late action against formidable adversaries. He also said planning must consider social planning beyond borders and rapid action is needed. In a pre-event interview he doubted immediate conscription of men with families. In the same issue a high-velocity Globe-News want ad boasted quick results, selling a small Electrolux refrigerator in three hours.
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Los Angeles
Clarence A. Dyk- Stra
University of Wisconsin
Selective Service
University of California
Dr. Dykstra
Dykstra
Defense plants to swell Central Texas population
Army camps and a magnesium plant in Central Texas are expected to raise the population of 12 counties by more than 100,000, according to a chamber of commerce survey. The data appear in March 23 circulation notes from Amarillo papers.
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Austin
Texas
Chamber of Comerce
Am arillo Chamber Proposes $40000 Budget for Next Year
The Am arillo Chamber of Commerce board approved a $40 000 operating budget for the coming year an increase of about $9 000 from the current fiscal period ending April 11 The plan calls for a $17 400 War activities coordination fund to cover defense projects The budget includes administration office expense information conventions highways stock show inter city relations and junior chamber of commerce funds A joint budget drive with the Junior Chamber of Commerce is planned with a $2 000 allotted to the junior group and a two to three day centralized campaign The directors also discussed housing plans school facilities city expansion and housing registrations as well as potential school facility aid and city planning efforts The meeting was attended by Mayor Joe A Jenkins and City Commissioners O H Hargett and R H Epperson.
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Jack Cunningham
Chamber
War Activities Coordination Fund
Chamber of Commerce
Rex Baxter
E. A. Simpson
Joe A. Jenkins
O. H. Hargett
R. H. Epperson
Commando Army for MacArthur to Lead Allied Offensive
Sydney dispatches report General Douglas MacArthur plans an American Australian Commando army for a land sea and air offensive against Japan. A battle council with MacArthur and allied chiefs will guide rapid commando training expansion and staff changes to promote based on ability.
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London
Douglas MacArthur
Sydney
Daily Mail
MacArthur
Philippines
The
Herald
George H. Brett
U. S
Army
Navy
Air
Australian girls wed U.S. servicemen in growing trend
In Brisbane on a March Tuesday the marriage of over twenty Australian women to American service members in recent weeks sparks discussion of curbing marriages seen as rushed.
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Brisbane
Australia
U. S
Weather Summary Amarillo Vicinity and West Texas Outlook
Temperatures in the Amarillo area remain similar to yesterday with slightly cooler afternoon. West Texas sees milder morning readings and a warm afternoon Tuesday. New Mexico forecasts show not quite as cold Tuesday morning and a warm afternoon. Blurred station data notes temperatures around 60s to 80s with sunrise at 7 45 and sunset at 8 02.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Lee
Swedish Ship Will Carry War Relief to Greeks
The Swedish motor ship Sicilia will sail from New York on Wednesday with 2,150 tons of flour 10 tons of medicine and medical supplies and 500000 units of concentrated vitamins for Greece. The voyage follows months of negotiations with the United States Britain Germany and Italy and will be marked for safe passage to Piraeus under the International Red Cross supervision.
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New York
Sicilia
Greece
Greek War Relief Association
United States
Piraeus
International Red Cross
Japanese Air Offensive Across Northern Australia
Allied counter attacks damaged or destroyed nearly 50 enemy planes over four days as Japanese bombers struck northern Australia and Port Moresby. In Timor, Dili was bombed while MacArthur planned a broader counter-offensive with Australian leaders to drive the Axis from the Philippines.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Melbourne
Australia
Wyndham
Western Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Timor
Dili
Markham
Lae
Douglas MacArthur
Australia Free
Philippines
Francis Forde
W. A. H. Sturdee
Forde
General MacArthur
United States
United Nations
MacArthur
Arthur S. Drakeford
Rome Tells of India Invasion
London dispatch cites a Rome radio Shanghai report claiming a strong Japanese fleet sighted in the Bay of Bengal with a possible Bengal landing imminent. The plan would target a route to the Chinese border via Assam and include Calcutta, though Tokyo had not confirmed any operation and officials doubted such disclosure.
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London
Rome
Shanghai
Bay of Bengal
Bengal
Assam
Calcutta
Tokyo
MacArthur Speaks To Australian Press In Off The Record Briefing
General Douglas MacArthur spent two hours briefing 50 Australian correspondents at a makeshift press headquarters. He spoke with calm precision about the Pacific war, denouncing Japanese atrocities and expressing absolute confidence in Allied victory. He thanked Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek for their congratulations, saying he would do his best and retain complete confidence in victory.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Makeship
MacArthur
United Nations
Melbourne Herald
Archibald P. Wavell
Chiang Kai-shek
Submarines Sinking Japanese Vessels Across Far Eastern Waters
U S submarines operating in Japanese waters have sunk three merchant ships and damaged two freighters while likely sinking a combatant ship. Navy tallies show 183 enemy ships destroyed or damaged by American and Australian action since the war began, with 118 American–Australian vessels sunk or damaged.
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Washington
United States
United States Navy
Navy
Japan
China Sea
South Seas
Far
Government Seizes Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad
The federal government took control of the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad in a seizure ordered by President Roosevelt amid a labor dispute. The line, 239 miles, will stay under federal rule until a settlement is reached after the 85 day strike and arbitration was rejected.
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Peoria
Ill
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Roosevelt
George P. McNear, Jr
World War II Fronts March 23 1942 Briefing
Summary of mutual Allied bombings at Wyndham and Port Moresby with Allied air losses. MacArthur briefs Australian leaders on war plans. Burma Pyu River clashes signal race for air control. Bataan surrender confusion follows Wainwright stance on Japanese ultimatum. Cripps arrives in India for support talks. British subs near Italy and Albania report minor actions and a large Mediterranean convoy escapes. Libya fronts show Allied-German buildup. Russian Front resistance rises with no decisive outcome yet.
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New York
Vichy
Philippines
Tokyo
United Nations
United States
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Berlin
Wyndham
Western Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
MacArthur
Ceilings placed on eight items by OPA
The Office of Price Administration set price ceilings on eight major scarcity items including refrigerators typewriters vacuum cleaners washing machines ironers radios phonographs and cooking and heating stoves to curb inflation. Six items receive 60 day temporary ceilings at March 19 levels while vacuum cleaners and refrigerators get permanent caps tied to manufacturer lists. Wholesale prices on vacuum cleaners and refrigerators frozen at Oct 1 1941 levels. Ceilings take effect March 30.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Former Argentina President Marcelo de Alvear Dies at 74
Buenos Aires March 23 Former Argentina President Marcelo de Alvear, age 74, died tonight. VW Book rentals and Russell Stationery Company referenced in the transcript.
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Argentina
Dios
Buenos Aires
Marcelo de Alvear
Russell Stationery Company
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